From: Samantha <rubygeekgirl@...>
Date: 2007-03-11T10:29:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Complete beginner needing help

Ben wrote:
> Hi, a completly simple question for pretty much everyone on this site.
> I've just started to teach myself Ruby and writing some very simple
> programs using the get command. Unfortunately each time I execute the
> program in Scite the command line interface pops up but unfortunately I
> can't enter any text or numbers??
> 
> Any idea why this is happining? The program I executing is below.
> 
> # Converts Celsius to Fahrenheit
> puts "Enter a temperature in Celsius:"
> cel = gets.to_f   #user types a number
> fahr = (1.8 * cel) +32  #convert it
> puts "that's #{fahr} degrees Fahrenheit"
> 
> Many thanks
> 
> Ben
> 

It's the way Scite is handling cmd... What I do on the rare occasion 
that I'm in Windows, is go to start, hit run, type in cmd, hit enter... 
go to whichever directory my code is in, ie. c:\foo and then type at the 
command line:  ruby scriptname.rb  that way it doesn't close the command 
box... :)

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